pausing to reflect with the nations of september 11th and thanks for stayingwithus. thepresident smoke spoke in arlington where officials and family members came together to honor the lives lost and to celebrate the memories living on and jennifer davis has more. >> reporter: in the shadow of the pentagon, under bright and sunny skies, they joined 200 families to remember a day 9 years ago from the world as we knew it was forever changed. >> on a day like, this the calm september morning was shattered by the worst act of terrorism in the nation's history. >> reporter: the president laid a wreath in memory. he didn't mention the controversies swirling around the plan or the florida pastor who had planned to burn the q'uran, he did appeal to the nation to honor the memory of those killed on september 11th by valuing diversity and tolerance. >> we are not and never will be at war with islam and that was not a religion that attacked us, it was al qaeda. >> reporter: they search for the bench inscribed with the name of the loved one and that is where the personal and private remembrances ta

now that the storm has moved out oftheu.s. andinto canada, let's get a check on what it's doing there and what it has left behind for us here. genital got bart is here with that. >> it is post tropical. earl is losing the tropical characteristics as it moves over the waters of atlantic canada. let's look at the maps and show you what's happening with it. it still is producing tropical storm-like conditions for atlanta canada. still dealing with the rains as well as the strong winds. but it is starting to weaken. so that's at least good news. for us, things very much on the calmer side. ridge of high pressure is in control. and if you take a look at the national map you can see we've got the best of conditions are plenty of clear skies across the area. most of the precipitation is well to the north and to the south of us, as well as out to the northwest. we will have a look at what you can expect as we get into the holiday weekend coming up a little later. >> i can tell folks the 10:00 forecast it is worth sticking around. >>> any time the weather affects your plans all you need